Four day work-weeks in Australia: Barbara Pocock's push to transform quality of ... trends now
Australians could soon be paid their full-time wage to work just four days a week should sweeping proposals from a senate inquiry be adopted.
The landmark report by the select committee on work and care backed a raft of changes, including a year of paid parental leave and the right to disconnect from work outside of hours.
Greens senator Barbara Pocock, who chaired the inquiry, called on the government to seriously consider the 'ambitious' reforms to boost quality of life.
'In our history, Australia led the world in reductions in the working week in the 1850s. We're at the other end of the spectrum with too many Australians working very long hours,' she told ABC News Breakfast.
Australians could soon be paid their full-time wage to work just four days a week should sweeping proposals from a senate inquiry be adopted
'We need to think more seriously about how we deal with a changed workforce.'
The report recommended the Albanese government trial the 100:80:100 model. Workers would continue to be paid a full-time wage and maintain productivity despite working 80 per cent of the week.
'We heard a lot of evidence... of people who are already working a four-day week in workplaces that are trialling a reduction in working hours and getting very positive results,' Senator Pocock said.
